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Jeremiah 1:11-13
Revised Standard Version
Jeremiah 1:11-13
Revised Standard Version
11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a rod of almond.”[a] 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching[b] over my word to perform it.”
13 The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”
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- Jeremiah 1:11 Heb shaqed
- Jeremiah 1:12 Heb shoqed
Jeremiah 1:11-13
New International Version
Jeremiah 1:11-13
New International Version
11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”(A)
“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching[a](B) to see that my word is fulfilled.”
13 The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?”(C)
“I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.
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